VBEModes allows setting mode by vbe call, I believe. Without it, some form or other of direct rendering is not possible. PanelSize both sets the size and tells X you're definitely using the attached panel. Set it for your display size, of course.

I suggest that you drop the mini onto a hard, preferably concrete, surface, soak it overnight in salty water, and then run over it three times in quick succession with a Ford 350 pickup. Put the remains in a dryer for not more than 2 hours. Do all this carefully, of course. You should probably keep a fifth of Jameson ready in case it doesn't work.

I suggest that you drop the mini onto a hard, preferably concrete, surface, soak it overnight in salty water, and then run over it three times in quick succession with a Ford 350 pickup. Put the remains in a dryer for not more than 2 hours. Do all this carefully, of course. You should probably keep a fifth of Jameson ready in case it doesn't work.

I showed this to my good woman the owner of a HP 2133 and her question is,where can she find a Ford 350 pickup?

VBEModes allows setting mode by vbe call, I believe. Without it, some form or other of direct rendering is not possible. PanelSize both sets the size and tells X you're definitely using the attached panel. Set it for your display size, of course.

Open a terminal and run htop, then watch it as you play the video. I would suspect that CPU is maxing out before memory. If that is the case, adding RAM would not help much.

You were absolutely correct.....htop shows the cpu pegging at 100% and staying there when I try to play a video from YouTube or one of the news sites.....

My other HP Mini (Intel Atom processor) handles Internet video with ease. This appears to be a limitation of the Via C7 processor as implemented in the 2133.....

Thank you for all for your suggestions and help.....If anyone has any other thoughts and/or suggestions (though no C4, Ford F350 or saltwater will be used on this cool little netbook ) I am happy to try them.

If these attempts fail to solve the cpu usage problem then it may be worth the effort to downgrade flash to a 9.x.xx version to see if the issues resolve.

Edit:After reading an article on TheReg regarding flash performance and cpu usage, it states that when it comes to efficient video playback the single most important factor on cpu load is the ability for flash to access hardware acceleration. It goes on to state that hardware acceleration has been added to Flash 10.1 (still in beta3 stage). With all of that in mind, I would recommend installing the latest Flash 10.1 Beta3 considering it supposedly has hardware acceleration implemented AND that the acceleration should provide the most efficient video playback. Sounds like this is right in line with what you need. Here's the direct link to Flash 10.1 Beta3:http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_1_p3_linux_022310.tar.gz